Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 324 The Fall of the Northern Han Dynasty
However, when they entered the city, they were not in a hurry to occupy the whole city. Instead, they only circled a small area at the city gate, constantly luring the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty to counterattack.

After all, there were still [-] Northern Han troops in the city. When they learned that the King of the Northern Han had been captured and the city gate was occupied, large and small groups of Northern Han barbarians continued to come to fight back.

However, the Great Song Army came prepared, and set up a trap here, using the terrain, advancing tactics, and sophisticated equipment, to kill the reinforcements who pulled out one after another without returning.

By the time the Northern Han army realized that this was a murder trap set by the Song army, more than 8000 soldiers had been killed in the trap of the city gate.

This is also the most tenacious and the most difficult to surrender Yiba in the Northern Han army.

Seeing that the fighting at Qianmen had gradually ceased, and that there were no Northern Han people to die, the Song army asked the people in the city to respond and opened the back gate of Taiyuan City, which is the south gate.

Over the past few days, the Great Song Army has secretly dispatched [-] iron-blooded soldiers in batches. After detouring Taiyuan City and occupying the South Gate, they still set up traps according to the practice of Qianmen, taking advantage of the terrain and advancing forward. The unique tactics and sophisticated equipment killed the reinforcements from the Northern Han Dynasty who rushed over one after another without returning.

The back door did not kill many people, about 3000 people.

At this time in Taiyuan City, the dragons had no leader. Although there were 30 people in the city and more than 2 Northern Han troops, there was no one to command them. In addition, they were killed by the Song Army and blood flowed like rivers, so no one dared to resist.

Only then did Zhao Dezhao let the army begin to enter the city.

The first thing to do when entering the city is not to appease the people, but to arrest people.

The spies in the city have long drawn up a list with detailed names and addresses.

Zhao Dezhao ordered people to arrest all these people, there were about 300 people.

The next step was to disarm all the remaining Northern Han soldiers in the city, deprive them of their military status, and drive them back to their hometowns to work in agriculture.

Then, the people who were forced to move from Beining City to Taiyuan City were given a consistent amount of money to each family and ordered to move back to their original places.

The next step is to appoint prefects from all over the country, all of whom are Han people. Each city is equipped with an army of [-] to [-].

At the same time, Zhao Dezhao ordered that throughout the Northern Han Dynasty, literati who were too talkative and disobedient to the control of the Song Dynasty be arrested.That is, those well-known traitors in the previous life, together with the more than 300 people arrested in the first wave, add up to [-] people, killing them all in one go.

At this point, the entire territory of the Northern Han Dynasty was under the rule of China, and it was no longer a subsidiary country, but became an out-and-out Han territory.

To be precise, it is the territory of Huaxia Song Dynasty.The territory recently conquered by King Zhao Dezhao of the Great Song Dynasty.

After they settled down, the unrepentant die-hards, such as the King of the Northern Han Dynasty and Cheng Yuanling, were charged with war crimes and killed in public in the downtown area of ​​Taiyuan City.

After Zhao Dezhao's vigorous propaganda in advance, even the people of the Northern Han Kingdom themselves hated the King of the Northern Han Dynasty and Cheng Yuanling.

It is said that if they hadn't been whimsical and wanted to occupy the Han territory, how could there be the current fiasco.

Although the King of the Northern Han Dynasty and Cheng Yuanling hadn't been tortured these days, they never had enough to eat and were starved to death every day. They didn't even have the strength to struggle on the day of execution.

As a result, the entire territory of the Northern Han Dynasty, three counties, eleven prefectures, more than 40 counties, and a population of more than 200 million have completely become Zhao Dezhao's territory and people since then.

Such a major event in the remote areas of northern Xinjiang did not cause much repercussions in the Khitan and Liao Kingdom, which has a large population and a developed economy.

In the eyes of the Khitan Emperor Xiao Dalai and others, it was nothing more than Zhao Dezhao who won a piece of territory with the intelligence and force of a great country.

Moreover, the land is in a backcountry, with unruly people in the poor mountains and bad waters, the land seems to be huge, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to manage in the future.

In the final analysis, he felt that the Northern Han Dynasty was too poor. Not only would it not be helpful in the future, but it might actually drag him down.

In the Xixia Kingdom, the prime minister was talking to Li Chengsi, the king of the Xixia Kingdom.

"Your Majesty! Zhao Dezhao will turn his back to the Song Dynasty in the future, and he will have no worries. He only needs to develop northward. In terms of geographical advantages, he is much bigger than us."

Li Chengsi's territory has a good terrain, a large population, and well-developed commercial agriculture.

But the fly in the ointment is that he is sandwiched between Xiao Dalai, Zhao Dezhao, and Duan Xuequan, and it is not difficult to develop anywhere, so he has entered the bottleneck period early.

That is to say, you must be startled before you are stunning, and only then can you barely maintain the current situation.

Li Chengsi was silent by default.

A few days ago, Li Chengsi wanted to go for a run in the countryside because he hadn't ridden a horse for a long time. He found that there was already fat in his belly and it was very difficult to get on the horse.

He couldn't help being very emotional, since the beginning of the army, 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, not to mention his ideals and ambitions, he has not even expanded his territory, but he has gradually aged.

"Prime Minister! The Song Dynasty has developed slowly, but I still can't achieve anything. I am really ashamed of my son."

First of all, I blushed and scolded the bald man in front of the monk, which meant that I was incompetent as a prime minister.

"Your Majesty! Zhao Dezhao has just pacified the Northern Han Dynasty, and the hinterland of the Central Plains is now a little empty. However, Zhao Dezhao used some very despicable methods to pacify the Northern Han Dynasty this time. We watched this child grow up, and now he has become like this , I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a misfortune.”

Li Chengsi was taken aback, "Prime Minister means that if we send troops to Xiao Tarase's hinterland, Zhao Dezhao might become a threat behind us?"

First of all, I gave him a silent, acquiescing.

Li Chengsi frowned and said, "No way, we are allies after all, Xiao Dalai and Duan Xuequan are our common enemies, even if we really want to turn our backs, we should destroy them in the end..."

"Otherwise, Your Majesty, it has been a rule for thousands of years to make close friends with close friends."

Li Chengsi took a breath of cold air. He had also heard about Zhao Dezhao's method of destroying the Northern Han Dynasty. He was ruthless, sinister and cunning. These words were not too much.

And I heard that he developed a cannon for siege, and he has many famous generals under his command.

If Zhao Dezhao wants to send troops to expand again, I am afraid that the most suitable target now is really himself.

Now it is no longer the chaos of the princes in the past, and there are only a few big princes.

And whether it is Xiao Ta Lai or Duan Xuequan, their territory and power are bigger than themselves.

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"Prime Minister! It's okay if you don't say it. When I mention this, I really feel insecure right away. So what should we do now?"

Mie pondered for a while, "Your Majesty, you can send Han Feng to Song Dynasty to congratulate Zhao Dezhao, and say that we are going to attack Xiao Tarase in the north, and ask him for support, troops, cannons, gold and silver, whatever."

"If he gave it up, then maybe there will be no change for the time being. If he shirks, then we can't send troops, but we have to be careful and watch out for the back."

(End of this chapter)